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In any other system, the programmer would have had to rewrite the code and recompile a huge block of the program, maybe even all of it.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

How about Microsoft, which had the front to recompile Windows to run on ARM chips to produce the Surface RT?

From The Guardian • Jul. 23, 2013

In practice, you may not actually have to recompile the world, but the implication is that some human cleverness is required to figure out what parts can be safely left out.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.

Node:recompile the world, Next:rectangle slinger, Previous:reaper, Up:= R = recompile the world The surprisingly large amount of work that needs to be done as the result of any small but globally visible program change.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.

“Just got to patch the distribution, recompile, burn it to CD, and reboot, and we’re on the road.”

From Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Doctorow, Cory